Sentence examples for as a command to from inspiring English sources

It is therefore completely misleading to characterise God's command to Israel as a command to commit genocide.

Most Muslims read the Koran as describing the Prophet Muhammad's wives as covering their hair; only some interpret this as a command to all women.

Gough Whitlam was right when he said that Labor sees a mandate as a command to perform, while our opponents see an election win as merely permission to preside.

Sullivan has testified that Ebbers repeatedly instructed him to "hit our numbers"–a statement Sullivan said he interpreted as a command to commit fraud.

Considered as a command to make Hook's conditional true, this is equivalent to "Make it the case that either the patient is not alive in the morning, or you change the dressing".

I've had horrible luck with IR-controlled helatelyers lathey – the last one I tried flew off onto a roof because it apparently mistook sunlight as a command to, well, fly away – but hopefully this inexpensive little flyer will work a bit better.

On the video, Shaver says, "Please do not shoot me," as he obeys a command to crawl toward the officers.

It's a testament to the subtlety of Kilgrave's psychopathic villainy that he sometimes includes a command to feel as well as to act.

"We as a command are willing to take more risks as hostile terrorist activity goes down," said Col. Benny Shik, a senior Israeli military official in the West Bank.

This mantra can be as simple as a firm command to stay focused, like "Finish your test.

After his troops had fasted and prayed three days, he opened the Bible in their presence, apparently at random, and read a passage that could be interpreted only as a divine command to withdraw.